Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Occurring at a different time to that of a specified event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Having parts formed at different times.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
By surface analysis, meta- + chron- + -ous.
